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B-Boy Inspired Art

Posted on November 16, 2008

Breaking is an art but has proven to be a muse for other types of artists. I first heard about b-boy Inspired art at MoreThanAStance.com and was immediately impressed by the variety. Though all are inspired by breaking, each artist puts their own take on it using different styles, canvases and paints.

Kim Gyeong takes hisoric figures and depicts them in a b-boy stance:

Ward Jenkins, with a Jean-Michel Basquiat influence, paints on canvases as well as traditional breaking surfaces ranging from cardboard to linoleum:  

Andrew Hem captures a classic b-boy freeze with classic oil painting:

Hisashi Tenmyouya shows b-boys with the traditional Japanese Nihonga style:

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1. very nice. i want! Ward Jenkins is one fly artist

   Comment by MB — November 16, 2008 #

2. All of the artists are dope but I’m partial to Ward Jenkins’ work as well!

   Comment by boon — November 16, 2008 #

3. Oh man, this makes my day. Thanks for the shout out, man. Thank you! If you can’t afford the original paintings, I’m thinking about selling them as prints on my Etsy shop soon: http://wardomatic.etsy.com/.

   Comment by Ward — November 29, 2008 #

4. No doubt. Your artwork is dope! And it looks like Etsy may be more in my price range

   Comment by boon — December 1, 2008 #

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